I can already tell that this will be an exciting weekend for us. We are leaving in 5 hours and we still don’t know where we are going to be camping this weekend. Well, at least we know where we’re going to be riding. Well, maybe, read on!
It looks like we’re going to get lucky and we’ll be far away from Chicago when the snow is supposed to start. The weather website is saying….
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
5-7 inches of snow? By the way, today is the first official day of Spring. Two nights ago we found a neat off-road route on the internet for Southern Illinois, so that’s where we decided to go and ride for the three days off. Not only would we be escaping snow and low 30 degree temps, but we would be riding in 60 degree temps down south.
So we were set, the only thing we needed to find was a camp site. Then this morning I catch the bad news on TV. Parts of Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri and a few other states are experiencing flooding right now.
I guess this is not the best weekend to be riding this route that we have, since it takes us through the Shawnee National Forest and we’re going to riding from the Ohio River to Mississippi River. Parts of the route are near the river and some are on the levee.
After some more searching on the internet, it sure looks like most of Southern Illinois is flooded so not sure how much of that route we’ll be able to ride, if any.
If we can’t ride in Southern Illinois we’ll have to find another place to ride, maybe in central Illinois, although I have no clue what is over there.
With most of Illinois either getting snow this weekend or flooded, who knows if we’re going to ride at all. Maybe we should just stay home and rent some movies… nah. That’s why they call it “Adventure Riding”.
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Illinois Counties Issued by the National Weather Service
Alexander - flood warning
Boone - winter storm warning
Brown - flood warning
Calhoun - flood warning
Carroll - winter storm warning
Cass - flood warning
Clark - flood warning
Clay - flood warning
Clinton - flood warning
Cook - winter storm warning
Crawford - flood warning
De Kalb - winter storm warning
DuPage - winter storm warning
Edwards - flood warning
Fayette - flood warning
Franklin - flood warning
Fulton - flood warning
Gallatin - flood warning
Hamilton - flood warning
Hancock - flood advisory
Hardin - flood warning
Henderson - flood advisory
Henry - flood warning
Jackson - flood warning
Jasper - flood warning
Jefferson - flood warning
Jersey - flood warning
Jo Daviess - winter storm warning
Johnson - flood warning
Kane - winter storm warning
Kendall - winter storm warning
Lake - flood warning and winter storm warning
Lawrence - flood warning
Lee - winter storm warning
Madison - flood warning
Mason - flood warning
Massac - flood warning
McHenry - winter storm warning
Morgan - flood warning
Ogle - flood advisory and winter storm warning
Perry - flood warning
Pike - flood warning
Pope - flood warning
Pulaski - flood warning
Randolph - flood warning
Richland - flood warning
Rock Island - flood warning
Saline - flood warning
Schuyler - flood warning
Scott - flood warning
St. Clair - flood warning
Stephenson - flood warning and winter storm warning
Union - flood warning
Wabash - flood warning
Wayne - flood warning
Whiteside - flood warning and winter weather advisory
White - flood warning
Williamson - flood warning
Will - winter storm warning
Winnebago - flood warning and winter storm warning
Anna.. That sucks. I hope you all can get out and have some fun. I just got back from a short little ride 150 miles or so and it was 74 degrees.. Hang in there summer is right around the corner for you all.
ReplyDeleteJerry & Jamie
where is a good site to fine dual-sport routes???
ReplyDeleteIt turned out like getting out of town was a good decision after all. The people at work tell me it snowed here at lot on Friday and it was cold all weekend. The flooding down south wasn’t too bad and it actually made riding more interesting, when you read the ride report you’ll see why :)
ReplyDeleteI can’t wait for the warmer weather to get here. It still feels like winter here today, there is fresh snow on the ground and the overnight temps were in the mid 20’s, it was in the low 30's when I left for work.
Anna